PRODUCER PRICES OF AIR TRANSPORTATION SERVICES
PRODUCER PRICES OF AIR TRANSPORTATION SERVICES
Producer Price Index: Air Transportation Services (monthly data, not seasonally adjusted)
Producer prices for scheduled air transportation services represent prices for business and personal travel, as well as shipment of high-value freight. Because producers also act as retailers, a change in prices charged by airlines is immediately passed on to consumers.
| Price Index (Dec-1992=100) | Jul-01 | Jul-02 |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled air transportation - passenger | 184.3 | 180.2 |
| Scheduled air transportation - passenger percent change from same month previous year | 9.35 | -2.24 |
| All air transportation (including nonscheduled) | 158.7 | 157.4 |
| All air transportation (including nonscheduled) percent change from same month previous year | 7.52 | -0.82 |
| Scheduled air transportation - cargo | 102.0 | 106.3 |
| Scheduled air transportation - cargo percent change from same month previous year | 5.04 | 4.26 |
NOTES: The current value is compared to the value from the same period in the
previous year to account for seasonality.
Data from April 2002 to July 2002 are
preliminary.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics; August 8, 2002; available at: http://www.bls.gov/ppi/.